かんげん

甘言

sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, No-adjective
sweet wordssmooth talkcajoleryflatterysycophancy

Example Sentences

あやうく(ぼう)業者の甘言に騙され、大損するところでした。

I was almost deceived by a certain trader's sweet words into making a huge loss.

このメルマガは、昨今の語学産業界の甘言に躍らされることなく、文法解釈という古典的学習法こそ王道と信じて疑わない(かた)のためのメルマガです。

This e-zine is for those who, unswayed by the cajolery of the modern language industry, firmly trust that the traditional learning method of grammatical analysis is the way to go.